rough day... new perspective

yesterday was a rough day with penny.  we have those from time to time and man are they frustrating.  welcome to life with a 1 year old :)

we actually started great playing outside, hooking up the water table and taking a great walk while daddy bbq'd some yummy burgers. 

then penny saw the "chair".  The chair is actually an old child's desk that i bought at a thrift store last week. its sitting in my garage waiting to be cleaned up (and de rusted) so i can bring it into the playroom.  i let penny sit on it over the weekend and she wanted to again after the walk.  it was time to eat so i said no - we'll play with our chair later.

end of the work.

you would have thought i killed a puppy or something.  she lost her mind.  i thought we'd go inside and shed forgot like normal. mistake. she spent 30 plus minutes bagning her body against the door to the garage and screaming "my chair my chair" over and over and over again.  she would alternate between trying to open the door and throwing herself face down on the floor for effect.  we did our best to ignore and eventually she stopped.

she got intersted in something else then just decided to throw a tantrum about that.  basically from 6;00 pm until about 8:30pm penny screamed.  not her finest moment.  we were obviously upset, frustrated and wishing this kid wasnt so damn crazy sometimes.

days like that are when quotes like this one are really really needed:

Motherhood is about raising and celebrating the child you have, not the child you thought you would have. It’s about understanding that he is exactly the person he is supposed to be. And that, if you’re lucky, he just might be the teacher who turns you into the person you are supposed to be.” – Joan Ryan

Sometimes you need the reminder not to wish away attitudes, behavior, days or stages.  Sometimes we need to accept that penny is "strong willed" as my doctor calls her. and that's okay :)

I love this quote.  I think i might read this daily.  i think i might NEED to read this daily as the terrible twos continue to loom in our future.

it's a good reminder that she may be crazy sometimes. but she's ours.  and we love every crazy bit of her. and we wouldnt change a thing.